The Colleyville City Council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to schedule a third public hearing at its next meeting for a zoning change regarding a proposed $57 million senior living development between Bedford Court and Wayne Drive.

Colleyville resident Don Wilson, who is chairman and CEO of Cirrus Health, requested to table the plan to allow for time to meet with homeowners to discuss their concerns.

"We wish to preserve the right for everybody to have their opinion," he said. "It is a big project — it affects everybody. But we also wish to make sure that what we plan to do and the accuracy of that portrayal is correct."

The proposed 19.8-acre mixed-used development called Heritage Farms includes four separate properties on the site all geared toward people ages 55 and older:

• The Homestead at Heritage Farms (15,000 square feet of retail and office space)
• The Inn at Heritage Farms (74 assisted living beds and 54 memory care beds)
• The Residences at Heritage Farms (150 independent living residences)
• The Cottages at Heritage Farms (12 independent living cottages)

Before the council voted to table the item and change the date for the public hearing, several residents spoke in opposition of the proposal. They raised concerns about the potential for traffic congestion and lowered residential property values.

Michael McWithey, who lives at Cooperwood Court, expressed concern the development would have a negative effect on residential property values.

"There is no denying that it is an apartment complex and it will be out of place in the middle of our neighborhoods: Tara, Saddlebrook, just down the street from the Lakes of Somerset," he said.

Ed Moore, who lives at Timberline North, opposed the proposed location for the development.

"Everything that they are talking about doing is good," he said. "But it is a wrong location."

Kristin Robertson lives on Saddlebrook Drive just north of the proposed development. Robertson told the council she, along with more than two dozen residents who were present at the meeting, opposed its location.

"As motorists try to avoid the construction, they will be zooming down Saddlebrook Drive to avoid it," she said. "They will also be going down toward Mockingbird [Lane]. Already we call this the Indianapolis speedway as it was referred to before — the speeders on Saddlebrook are already significant."

Wilson told the council he does not think there will be many 70- to 80-year-olds driving around the subdivisions to cause traffic congestion. Wilson said the property's location in a residential area was the best fit for the development.

"What we are building are residences that are served by a medical use," he said. "We are not building a commercial activity. We are not building retail. We are building residences."

City Councilman Mike Taylor said the development is a great idea, but acknowledged that some residents might not understand what senior living facilities offer.

"I just think there is some misunderstanding just by what's been said here," Taylor said. "And it is only normal. This is their home. This is their neighborhood."

The council has planned a third reading and public hearing for the development on May 15. Wilson said in two weeks he will be ready for the council to take a vote on a zoning change to allow for the development on the property.

"We are going to spend part of our time speaking to the 62 people who are on your list as being in opposition to the project," Wilson said. "Not to change their mind, but to make sure that we are all talking about the same thing."

Mayor David Kelly has recused himself from discussions because he lives near the property.